Sections and Search

[Marc]

Hi Tom!

is it possible that sections are not indexed for the search?
If so, is it possible to tell wordpress to index them?

Thanks a lot
Marc

[Tom]

Hi there,

Interesting – this is something I’ll want to add to the next version.

I’ll look into this and get back to you 🙂

[Marc]

Great! thx!

[Tom]

This plugin actually looks great: https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/

It enhances the search functionality, and also includes all custom fields so Sections will be indexed as well.

[Marc]

Hey Tom!

thx, I’ll check it out.
Are you still planning to add this search enhancement to your theme in a future version or is this a permanent solution? If so it would be nice to have a list of useful and compatible addons (including this one).

I would be interested of such a list anyway 😉

[Marc]

Just checked it out, doesn’t seem to work, have you got the premium version?
One of the premium features is:

Search and index arbitrary columns in wp_posts MySQL table.

and I guess this is what’s necessary to index sections.

[Tom]

Hmm, let me look into it some more – there has to be a way to do it without premium versions or spending more money.

I’ll update you 🙂

[Tom]

I believe I found the best solution for this that doesn’t require a plugin.

Once your sections are created, set the “Use Sections” option to “No”.

Now empty your regular content area, and click the “Send Sections to Default Editor” button.

This will send all of your section content to the regular editor.

Now set “Use Sections” back to “Yes”, and save the page.

That should allow the page to be searched.

Let me know 🙂

[Author]

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